Health and Wellness
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10-14-12
Unilever Announces New Initiative in Progress to Helping 1 Billion People Improve Their Health and Wellbeing
Unilever and the Earth Institute today announced a new initiative to bring handwashing with soap – a lifesaving habit – to the Millennium Villages, a project that works with nearly 500,000 people in rural villages, across 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Ea...
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10-10-12
Cereplast Begins Selling First Hybrid Resins Application in India
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10-09-12
Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation Donates Over $1 Billion in Medicines to Make More Health
Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation today announced that it has donated $1.125 billion in medicines over its eleven-year history through its Patient Assistance and Product Donation Programs. The Patient Assistance Program has given uninsured and underinsured U.S. patients over $651 million in ...
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10-04-12
MediSend International Trains Nigerian Technicians to Build National Healthcare Capacity
MediSend International, a global leader in building technical capacity for healthcare systems, is assisting Nigeria in the development of a national biomedical technologies initiative through a program of professional training and ongoing tech...
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10-02-12
UnitedHealthcare Helps Renovate Seymour Park Community Garden and Adds New Edible Landscape Garden with Funding from CBS EcoMedia’s WellnessAd
Seymour Parks Community Garden will be undergoing a major renovation and improvement while the park also adds an innovative new Edible Landscape Garden both thanks to financial support from UnitedHealthcare’s advertising through CBS EcoMedia’s WellnessAd program. The garden projects are designed ...
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10-01-12
Unmet Needs of Veterans With Psychological Injuries Reaches Epidemic Proportions With Rise in Suicide & Sexual Assault
As reported by the New York Times, 45 percent of veterans that have served in Iraq or Afghanistan are now re...
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10-01-12
Cascades Tissue Group Upgrades Hand Hygiene, Bringing First-Ever Antibacterial Paper Towel To U.S. Market
North America’s fourth largest producer of towel and tissue paper, Cascades Tissue Group, announced today the U.S. launch of the Cascades Antibacterial Paper Towel. Redefining the hand towel’s role in enhancing hygiene, the Cascades Antibacterial Paper Towel minimizes hand contamination by killin...
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09-25-12
Coca-Cola and the Global Fund Announce Partnership to Help Bring Critical Medicines to Remote Regions
The Coca-Cola Company and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today announced they will expand a project leveraging the Company’s expansive global distribution system and core business expertise to help government and non-governmental organizations deliver cri...
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09-25-12
New Poll From Northwestern Mutual Says Lack of Funds, Awareness are Key Barriers in Curing Pediatric Cancer
Even though thousands of families in the U.S. feel the impact each year of pediatric cancer, a new poll
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09-19-12
2 of 3 Americans Are Concerned With Toxins Found in Common Household Products, Study Shows
(Marketwire) - Nearly two-thirds of all Americans (64%) say they are "concerned" or "very concerned" abo...
